The head of a tiny smoked fish protrudes from a ball-shaped traditional Danish pastry known as aebleskive. A signature dish of the innovative Copenhagen restaurant Noma, the shriveled, snaky-looking creature suggests Cleopatra’s asp poised to strike, or some prehistoric…

A complimentary shot of golden rum for everyone in the house! A sing-along of sea chanteys including the immortal “What Will We Do With a Drunken Sailor?” Gentle rain falling at the precise moment our long-winded hero talks about…

It was bound to happen. It was meant to be. Aurora Theatre — the Lawrenceville playhouse that has much to offer but sometimes comes up a little lacking in the Broadway musical department — has delivered a knockout song-and-dance…

And the winner for this year’s best set design goes to — we have an upset here! — Mother Nature. Accepting the award for Ms. Nature is her assistant Brian Clowdus, founder and artistic director of Serenbe Playhouse. Well,…

Shakespeare’s description of Cleopatra floating down the Nile is one of the most voluptuous and image-clotted passages in English literature. As narrated by Antony’s follower Enobarbus, it’s a shimmering barge of silver oars, purple sails, “pretty dimpled boys, like…

“Mr. Universe” is Jim Grimsley’s dark comedy about the nature of love, beauty and loneliness. A mysterious muscleman drops out of nowhere and gets caught in the vicious net of a pair of New Orleans drag queens. A nameless…

Puppets that pant, grunt and try out sexual positions that would make Miss Piggy blush. This should give you a hint of what happens in “Avenue Q,” the naughty “Sesame Street” send-up that imagines a group of hopeful kids…

Miss Great Plains is a shy, corn-fed gal with tentative manners and a sweet disposition. Miss Industrial Northeast is a buxom Latina with Carmen Miranda fashion flair, a heart of gold and all the nimbleness of Lady Liberty. Miss…

Grief is a shaky foundation for a relationship. And yet the impulse is wholly natural. We lose a child or sibling prematurely, and our lack of clarity is such that we can’t help but transfer those messy emotions onto…

The Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre’s Broadway presenters say they listened to patrons of the first full season, which wraps up this weekend with the zany puppet musical “Avenue Q,” and will take a more conservative, family-friendly approach with…